Academic Year 2022/2023

 Art Patronage over the Centuries

 Prof. Andrea Lauria

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The "Art Patronage over the centuries" course traces the history of the Museum and Collecting through the centuries. Starting from Petrarch's studiolo will be studied the Renaissance studiolo's evolution up to the private gallery and the creation of the public museum. By analyzing the genesis of the museum building, European and US museums will be compared to understand their differences. In the last part of the course, we will study the twentieth-century phenomenon of 'hypermuseums' and 'archistars' that have revolutionized contemporary Museology and Museography. The course will end by analyzing the current museums' international set-up with a  particular focus on the Middle East 'hypermuseum' proliferation trying to find the analogy with the Western museums.